.. an expresionist building designed and built by Antoni Gaudi, it
breaks with all traditional architecture by not using a single
straight line, it has no load bearing walls, and has a completely
irregular floor plan. In order to let in as much light as possible,
the apartments are arranged around 2 central courtyards, one oval and
one round. It is open to the public, and they have one apartment
set up as it was in the early 1900's. Absolutely fabulous, and way
ahead of today's world let alone the turn of the previous century.

Mosaic wall at Casa Batllo

Casa Batllo is another key feature in the architecture of the modernist Barcelonian, also built by Gaudi, and the mosaic garden wall is a beautiful feature of the outdoor upper story garden patio. It is also open to the public.

Catalunya cathedral

In the centre of one of the oldest parts of Barcelona, known as the
Barri Gotic (Gothic District), and the heart of Barcelona, is the
cathedral, known as La Seu. The first stone for this impressive
church was laid in the 13th century, but it was not until
the early 20th century that is was fully completed.

La Sagrada Familia

The Barcelonians obviously like to take their time building as this one is still under construction, but what a big job this is! This
is Gaudi's unfinished masterpiece, and is one of Barcelona's most
popular tourist attractions. Construction began in 1882, but
continues, and likely will do for several more decades yet. It has
already become Barcelona's most important landmark however, which
apparently was Gaudi's intention, and he has left very detailed
instructions for it's completion, so that it can be finished to his
design.

Placa de Catalunya

This is the central hub of Barcelona, almost everything happens here.
The benches at the circular centre of the square are an ideal spot
for people watching, and boy, did I do plenty of that! Around the
centrally paved area are a couple of fountains, and a large number of
sculptures are “planted”, seemingly at random, and this makes for
a very beautiful spot indeed.

Rowing Man is just telling me it was a Hong Kong transit stop on the way over NOT Bangkok like I have been telling everyone - oops, see what long haul travel does to one's mind... (one airport transit lounge looks like the next!!)